Bills by subject

Veteran

101 bills and resolutions. 25 became law and 42 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 387 Indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
SB 810 Reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
SB 521 Highway signs for the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 6, 2026
AB 935 Repealing expired programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs; definition, terminology, and grammatical changes for the Department of Veterans Affairs, mental health services for post-traumatic stress disorder; reporting on rules proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs; asset calculation for determining eligibility for veterans assistance payments; and deceased veterans’ graves (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Veterans Affairs).
Became law. Last action Mar 27, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 51

Mar 23, 2026
AB 27: Expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 37: Personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 247: Local building permit fees for certain improvements of residences of disabled veterans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 264: Certain limitations on claiming the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 389: Indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 428: The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project, funding for the veterans housing and recovery program, eligibility changes for the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 520: Highway signs for the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 628: Allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 641: The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 686: Reducing the eligibility threshold to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 743: Considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 744: Free state park admission for veterans and gold star families. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 745: Reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 776: Veterans mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 817: Reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 935: Repealing expired programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs; definition, terminology, and grammatical changes for the Department of Veterans Affairs, mental health services for post-traumatic stress disorder; reporting on rules proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs; asset calculation for determining eligibility for veterans assistance payments; and deceased veterans’ graves (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Veterans Affairs).
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1006: The definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1007: Administration of the veterans at risk alert system.
Stopped in committee.
Sep 9, 2025
AJR 48: Commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 78: Proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 87: Proclaiming August and October 2025 to be Agent Orange Awareness Months in Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 89: Honoring Wisconsin’s Hispanic veterans.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 107: Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 109: Honoring Wisconsin’s Hispanic and Latino veterans.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 2: Expanding veterans benefits to individuals who served in Laos in support of the United States during the Vietnam War.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Dec 10, 2025
SB 38: Personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. (FE)
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 175: Local building permit fees for certain improvements of residences of disabled veterans. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 261: Certain limitations on claiming the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 387: Indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 411: The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project, funding for the veterans housing and recovery program, eligibility changes for the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 505: Authorizing resident disabled veterans to hunt deer of either sex in any open firearm season. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 521: Highway signs for the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 615: The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 618: Allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 639: Veterans mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 664: Reducing the eligibility threshold to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 716: Considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 718: Free state park admission for veterans and gold star families. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 720: Veterans cemetery caretaker positions and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 721: Reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 810: Reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 914: Repealing expired programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs; definition, terminology, and grammatical changes for the Department of Veterans Affairs, mental health services for post-traumatic stress disorder; reporting on rules proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs; asset calculation for determining eligibility for veterans assistance payments; and deceased veterans’ graves (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Veterans Affairs).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 983: The definition of “veteran” for purposes of certain state veterans benefits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 985: Administration of the veterans at risk alert system.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 49: Commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong-Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 70: Proclaiming June 12, 2025, as Women Veterans Day.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 82: Proclaiming August and October 2025 to be Agent Orange Awareness Months in Wisconsin.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 84: Honoring Wisconsin’s Hispanic veterans.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 101: Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

2011–12 session: 28

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Dec 12, 2011
AB 60: Individuals and officers who may be covered by a county blanket bond.
Became law.
Aug 2, 2011
AB 96: The composition of the Board of Veterans Affairs, the appointment of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and promulgating rules for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Became law.
Jun 16, 2011
AB 148: Changes affecting state finances in the 2010-11 fiscal year and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Nov 7, 2011
AB 270: Designating and marking a bridge across the Menominee River in Marinette County as Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 292: Indication of veteran status on an operator's license or identification card.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
AB 311: Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 428: Noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans to classified positions in the state civil service system.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 429: Waiving fees for certain professional and occupational licenses issued to veterans.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 437: An income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed disabled veterans.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 438: Applying a service member's military education, training, or other experience for purposes of satisfying certain requirements for a professional credential.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 10, 2012
AB 485: Personalized registration plates for vehicles registered by certain veterans with a disability that limits the ability to walk (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation).
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 503: Calculation of creditable military service and treatment of differential wage payments for benefits purposes for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 505: Participating in a veterans court program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 724: Use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification for voting.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 8: Conforming the state family and medical leave law to the federal family and medical leave law and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 97: The composition of the Board of Veterans Affairs, the appointment of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and direction and supervision of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 197: Designating and marking a bridge across the Menominee River in Marinette County as Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 6, 2012
SB 338: Waiving fees for certain professional and occupational licenses issued to veterans.
Became law.
Apr 6, 2012
SB 339: Noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans to classified positions in the state civil service system.
Became law.
Mar 7, 2012
SB 357: Applying a service member's military education, training, or other experience for purposes of satisfying certain requirements for a professional credential.
Became law.
Apr 6, 2012
SB 369: An income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed disabled veterans.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 384: Participating in a veterans court program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 403: Special distinguishing registration plates for motorcycles owned or leased by veterans with disabilities and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 1, 2012
SB 413: Calculation of creditable military service and treatment of differential wage payments for benefits purposes for participants in the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 512: Changing the calculation of the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit as it relates to a claimant's principal dwelling.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 513: Issuance of conservation patron licenses to certain disabled veterans.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 553: Use of veterans identification cards as proof of identification for voting.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 22

Apr 28, 2010
AB 9: A requirement that all employers in this state grant a paid leave of absence on Veterans Day to employees who are veterans.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 49: Special distinguishing registration plates for motorcycles owned by veterans.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Feb 9, 2010
AB 83: Issuing annual fishing licenses to certain resident disabled veterans.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 97: The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2010
AB 228: Awarding state procurements to certified disabled veteran-owned businesses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 234: An income and franchise tax for hiring certain individuals.
Stopped in committee.
Feb 9, 2010
AB 376: Restitution for misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 433: Registration fees for certain motor vehicles issued special registration plates.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 522: Veterans records with the register of deeds.
Stopped in committee.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 810: Creating a privilege for communications to veteran mentors.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 813: Registration plates for certain disabled veterans.
Stopped in committee.
May 20, 2010
AB 971: Development zone tax credits for providing full-time jobs to veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 57: The public service of Anthony D. Hardie.
Stopped in committee.
Jul 2, 2009
AJR 60: The public service of Anthony D. Hardie.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 30, 2010
AJR 127: The life and public service of Erwin Bessler.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 11: A requirement that all employers in this state grant a paid leave of absence on Veterans Day to employees who are veterans.
Stopped in committee.
Jul 23, 2009
SB 76: The designation of Vietnam Veterans Day.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 543: Registration plates for certain disabled veterans.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 26, 2010
SB 617: Creating a privilege for communications to veteran mentors.
Became law.
May 10, 2010
SB 627: Special distinguishing registration plate decals for certain vehicles owned by certain members of special groups associated with the armed services.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 683: Transfer of Class A bear licenses to persons awarded a purple heart medal.
Stopped in committee.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject